Quality Manager – Up to £65,000 | Flexible Working Patterns & Career Development
Are you an experienced Quality Manager looking to take ownership of quality strategy within a highly respected manufacturing business? This exciting opportunity in New Milton offers the chance to lead quality assurance activities across a complex engineering environment, working with industry-leading standards and customers within the Aerospace sector.
This is a key leadership position where you’ll drive quality performance, support business improvement initiatives, and play an integral role in maintaining world-class manufacturing standards. If you’re looking for a role that combines strategic leadership with hands-on quality management, this could be the ideal next step in your career.
Why apply for this role?
You’ll enjoy:
- A competitive salary of up to £65,000
- Choice of working patterns to support your work-life balance
- Flexible start and finish times
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Ongoing personal development opportunities
- Occupational health support and health surveillance
- Salary exchange pension scheme
- The option to buy or sell annual leave
- The opportunity to work within a well-established and highly respected engineering business
- A supportive leadership team focused on continuous improvement
Key Responsibilities:
As the Quality Manager, you will be responsible for leading quality assurance activities and ensuring compliance across the business. Duties will include:
- Managing and developing the Quality Management System in line with AS9100 and NADCAP requirements
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies, customer requirements and industry standards
- Leading internal and external audit programmes
- Managing quality reporting, FAIRs, PEARs, KPI reporting and quality documentation
- Supporting customers with all quality-related matters and contract reviews
- Leading and developing the Quality Assurance and Inspection teams
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives through root cause analysis and corrective actions
- Producing reports and presentations for senior management
- Working closely with customers, auditors and regulatory authorities
What we’re looking for:
To be successful in this Quality Manager position, you’ll need:
- Proven experience as a Quality Manager within the Aerospace industry
- Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and NADCAP standards
- Experience managing customer quality requirements and relationships
- Previous people management and team leadership experience
- Internal and external audit leadership experience
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- Understanding of manufacturing and engineering processes
- Knowledge of Health & Safety requirements
- Continuous improvement and root cause analysis experience
- The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
This role would suit an ambitious quality professional looking to progress towards a Quality Director level position in the future while making a significant impact within a growing and successful organisation.
If you’re seeking your next opportunity as a Quality Manager in New Milton, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and take the next step in your quality leadership career.
Job Number │ 936384 / INDINDUSTRIALWC
Location │ New Milton
Role │ Quality Manager
Platinum Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
